My List

Most people I know who left the LDS Church can point to several key issues or facts that contributed to their departure from mainstream Mormonism, and that keep them from coming back. I am no exception. The more I have thought about Mormonism, the more these kinds of issues have come to my attention, so my personal list has become pretty long and involved. Some of the items are deal-breakers for me, and others are just factors in my personal cost-benefit analysis. I will use this blog to present and illustrate the items in my list, and to explain why they matter to me. Below is my list, in no particular order. I will add links for easy access to relevant blog posts.1

Please note that this list is not meant to imply that there are no aspects of the LDS Church that I approve of and respect, because there actually are. I may even write about them sometime. In the meantime, if you really just want to read about the good stuff, go check out anything published by the Church itself. As my list asserts, the Church’s version of things is not always an accurate reflection of reality, but it does cover plenty of the good stuff. [↩]